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Easily digestible tech news....Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150330/17530530492/competition-music-space-is-great-fragmentation-music-space-is-dangerous.shtml#c566
Wed, 1 Apr 2015 06:03:30 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150330/17530530492/competition-music-space-is-great-fragmentation-music-space-is-dangerous.shtml#c566is tap water. They just bottled it up for you.]]>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150129/11094229855/fcc-redefines-broadband-as-25-mbps-angering-broadband-industry-perfectly-happy-with-previous-pathetic-standard.shtml#c74
Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:05:36 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150129/11094229855/fcc-redefines-broadband-as-25-mbps-angering-broadband-industry-perfectly-happy-with-previous-pathetic-standard.shtml#c74"Some people, for example, believe probably incorrectly that we are on a path to interplanetary teleportation. Should we include the estimated bandwidth for that as well?"When interplanetary teleportation exists and is mere years away from being widely adopted, yes we most definitely should. We have the capability for 4k streaming right now, we should allow for it in our numbers now. Next question?]]>Re: Secret decoder ringhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100621/0934019896/dailydirt-how-many-passwords-do-you-know.shtml#c103
Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:16:37 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100621/0934019896/dailydirt-how-many-passwords-do-you-know.shtml#c103Re: Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141108/06411929085/computer-scientists-legal-experts-explain-to-supreme-court-why-apis-are-not-copyrightable.shtml#c513
Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:24:14 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141108/06411929085/computer-scientists-legal-experts-explain-to-supreme-court-why-apis-are-not-copyrightable.shtml#c513he recognized didn't include those two. Not the list itself.]]>Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141004/07211128727/mythical-almost-certainly-made-up-legend-walter-obrien-continues-to-grow.shtml#c537
Mon, 6 Oct 2014 16:15:06 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141004/07211128727/mythical-almost-certainly-made-up-legend-walter-obrien-continues-to-grow.shtml#c537Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140929/08500728662/new-company-claims-it-uses-algorithms-to-create-content-faster-than-creators-can-making-all-future-creations-infringing.shtml#c720
Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:15:06 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140929/08500728662/new-company-claims-it-uses-algorithms-to-create-content-faster-than-creators-can-making-all-future-creations-infringing.shtml#c720longest novel, at a mere 9.6 million characters spanning 3031 pages.]]>Re: Seriously?https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140924/14422128627/another-story-fake-brilliant-inventor-is-scorpion-walter-obrien-real-computer-security-genius.shtml#c789
Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:22:45 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140924/14422128627/another-story-fake-brilliant-inventor-is-scorpion-walter-obrien-real-computer-security-genius.shtml#c789Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140924/14422128627/another-story-fake-brilliant-inventor-is-scorpion-walter-obrien-real-computer-security-genius.shtml#c764
Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:21:13 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140924/14422128627/another-story-fake-brilliant-inventor-is-scorpion-walter-obrien-real-computer-security-genius.shtml#c764Re: wot?https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140812/04314528184/can-we-kill-this-ridiculous-shill-spread-myth-that-cdns-violate-net-neutrality-they-dont.shtml#c647
Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:58:41 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140812/04314528184/can-we-kill-this-ridiculous-shill-spread-myth-that-cdns-violate-net-neutrality-they-dont.shtml#c647Re: this is ithttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140625/09340227683/supreme-court-uses-bizarre-looks-like-cable-duck-test-to-outlaw-aereo.shtml#c1535
Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:46:08 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140625/09340227683/supreme-court-uses-bizarre-looks-like-cable-duck-test-to-outlaw-aereo.shtml#c1535Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140625/09340227683/supreme-court-uses-bizarre-looks-like-cable-duck-test-to-outlaw-aereo.shtml#c1533
Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:43:21 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140625/09340227683/supreme-court-uses-bizarre-looks-like-cable-duck-test-to-outlaw-aereo.shtml#c1533Can you think of any other areas where it is illegal to pay someone to do something for you that you could legally do yourself?]]>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140523/05313527343/thailand-coup-leaders-insist-their-orders-to-censor-internet-are-not-actually-censorship.shtml#c56
Fri, 23 May 2014 14:43:37 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140523/05313527343/thailand-coup-leaders-insist-their-orders-to-censor-internet-are-not-actually-censorship.shtml#c56Individuals in Massachusetts orchestrated a mass uploading of hundreds of songs to Youtube this week. A Pirate Party official said yesterday that this does not constitute copyright infringement.]]>Re: Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140511/06592527192/goldieblox-agreed-to-pay-charity-1-million-using-beastie-boys-girls.shtml#c1313
Mon, 12 May 2014 16:08:08 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140511/06592527192/goldieblox-agreed-to-pay-charity-1-million-using-beastie-boys-girls.shtml#c1313does not have to. His parodies don't even typically make any sort of point. Please explain what you think makes his and Goldieblox's legal sitations different.]]>Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This is truly astonishing.https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140509/10133727178/appeals-court-doesnt-understand-difference-between-software-api-declares-apis-copyrightable.shtml#c1650
Fri, 9 May 2014 18:36:22 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140509/10133727178/appeals-court-doesnt-understand-difference-between-software-api-declares-apis-copyrightable.shtml#c1650So, if a "function" performs the task of calculating the square root of a given number, copyright law will not protect that task. Someone else can write their own "function" that performs the same task. However, copyright law may protect the literal letters, symbols, and numbers that constitute that "function."This is you explicitly stating that an API is not protected.

An API is a listing of method calls that can be made, their inputs and their outputs. Using your words, the API is a list of the "tasks" you can ask the software to perform. The API may state that sqrt(x) returns the square root of x. Anyone who implements the API is saying they will take a request from you for "sqrt(x)" and return you the square root. The API says nothing of how that is done. They could use any number of languages, any number of algorithms. For all you know, when you call my implementation of the sqrt(x) function, my code could text me x and wait for me to text back the answer.

In the wording you're using, the "function" is the implementation. Anyone can write their own code to perform that task, which can definitely be copyrightable. However, the description of the task being performed should not be.]]>Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140422/18075426994/why-do-so-many-people-describe-aereo-complying-with-copyright-law-as-company-circumventing-copyright-law.shtml#c1047
Wed, 23 Apr 2014 16:15:47 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140422/18075426994/why-do-so-many-people-describe-aereo-complying-with-copyright-law-as-company-circumventing-copyright-law.shtml#c1047Where have they broken the law? They have taken something that is freely available in one location and charged to provide it in a different location. Nothing more.]]>Re: Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140409/07395826853/comcast-apparently-hopes-no-one-actually-looks-its-ridiculously-misleading-claims-broadband-competition.shtml#c331
Wed, 9 Apr 2014 16:25:35 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140409/07395826853/comcast-apparently-hopes-no-one-actually-looks-its-ridiculously-misleading-claims-broadband-competition.shtml#c331Re: Re: let's just use Roger's logic with Ninja's statementshttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140406/11133726823/mike-rogers-still-pushing-his-snowden-is-russian-spy-delusion-citing-every-single-counterintelligence-official-support.shtml#c347
Mon, 7 Apr 2014 16:13:58 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140406/11133726823/mike-rogers-still-pushing-his-snowden-is-russian-spy-delusion-citing-every-single-counterintelligence-official-support.shtml#c347Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140321/10523126648/british-library-says-its-copyright-infringement-to-take-photos-inside-library-demands-person-delete-tweet.shtml#c378
Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:45:57 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140321/10523126648/british-library-says-its-copyright-infringement-to-take-photos-inside-library-demands-person-delete-tweet.shtml#c378Re: Re: Re: and franklyhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140319/10230426625/thanks-anti-vax-loons-return-measles-backlash-against-jenny-mccarthy.shtml#c1720
Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:48:58 PDThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140319/10230426625/thanks-anti-vax-loons-return-measles-backlash-against-jenny-mccarthy.shtml#c1720Re: Re: Damn pirateshttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140303/17554626416/us-solicitor-generals-office-run-former-top-mpaa-lawyer-shockingly-sides-with-broadcasters-over-aereo.shtml#c249
Tue, 4 Mar 2014 17:09:01 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140303/17554626416/us-solicitor-generals-office-run-former-top-mpaa-lawyer-shockingly-sides-with-broadcasters-over-aereo.shtml#c249